1. phormĭo — Lewis & Short
phormĭo (form-), ōnis, m., = fo/rmion,
I wicker-work of reeds or rushes, a mat, a straw covering, Dig. 33, 7, 12; Don. Ter. Phorm. prol. 27; 1, 2, 72.
The corpus record — Latin
Phormio2
Phormio2 · m
wicker-work of reeds
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Where it lives
- Phormio 159 · 146.62/10k
- Pro A. Caecina 2 · 1.93/10k
- Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
- De Oratore 3 · 0.5/10k
- de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
- Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
- Tusculanae Disputationes 1 · 0.18/10k
- Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
- Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. Phormĭo — Lewis & Short
Phormĭo, ōnis, m.
I The name of a parasite in Terence, in a play of the same name.—
II A Peripatetic philosopher of Ephesus, who delivered a lecture in the presence of Hannibal on the duties of military commanders and on the art of war, Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75; hence, transf., of a silly person, who talks about things which he does not understand:
egomet in multos jam Phormiones incidi,id. ib. 2, 19, 77.—
III A Roman surname: Sextus Clodius Phormio, Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; id. Phil. 2, 6, 15.
In the wild
- PHORMIO Terence, Phormio 5.7
- Phormio Terence, Phormio 4.3
- PHORMIO Terence, Phormio 5.5
- Phormio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 6.3.56
- PHORMIO Terence, Phormio 2.3
- PHORMIO Terence, Phormio 5.7
6 of 173 attestations shown.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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